How can you tell if you are depressed? do u think i'm depressed?

Question

every night i''m always crying, and all i wanna do is sleep. i also never wanna eat i think i eat like 2 meals a day and their not big at all its only a little bit. and i'm always thinking about death and how i wanna die. and sometimes i think about cutting myself again, i've done it before but i stopped. and i just feel tired, sad and very moody. i get irritated so easily. i don't know what to do! am i depressed? i don't even care about my family or friends anymore and the only person i wanna hang out with is my only best friend that i can trust.

Answer 1

Yeah it sounds like depression to me, you can find a list of symptoms somewhere on the net, they include lost of motivation, interest in things, weird sleeping and eating habits, and thoughts of suicide.

I was diagnosed with clinical depression a few months ago and I had it for a good few years (im 19) and everynight I would cry and stuff. My sleeping habits were different from yours.. I couldnt go to sleep at night and when I did (which was like at 6 in the morning) I would sleep over 15 hours or so. It messes with you and your school, relationships and pretty much everything else lol.

I got really sick of it and went to the doctors and you should too (dont be nervous or scared and delay things, thats what I did and its what depression does to you) and you say "hey, i'm know i have depression because I have the symptoms" and he will ask you some questions relating to the symptoms and just answer honestly. Then he will recommend you to a psychiartist but don't worry, everyone see a psych. in some point. Its not that bad he just asks you the same questions your doc. did but a little more intamite (ie are you submissive or dominant during s*x) it was awkward and invasive but just answer he/she doesnt judge you and I believe hes seen much more effed up people lol.

but yeah after his list we will decied if you have a case of depression and will prescribe your first antideppressant! hooray

they do have some little side effects but they WORK... trust me itll make you feel better.. just answer truthfully, because you dont want to be on meds if you don't need them right

PS stop cutting yourself, people that love you may find out and that would just break their hearts. Don't be so insensitive. Part of getting rid of depression and any other mental problem or addicting is sincerly WANTING to help yourself out of the rut and change.. right?

Answer 2

You need to go jogging, kick boxing and excercise more, you probably have lost hope in many of the things you used to believe in. Go out, pump some iron, get some workout and sweat out depression. Suicide is not some button you just press.

Answer 3

Wow that sound just like me when I was a teenager. Trust me I've been down the road that you are going down right now. I had gone  so far as to overdosed on a prescription drug, the only thing that was on my mind was how to kill myself or get killed, I did cut  and now my left arm, back and legs have soooooo many scars and I know how it helps for the moment but the scars are NOT WORTH IT, I'm actually ashamed of my scars. I was always tired, moody, easily irritated and very withdrawn the only thing I cared about was my dog at that time. I started therapy  when I was 12yrs. I was in and out of hospitals, girls homes, and jail, I was diagnosed with Dysthymia at 17yrs. However I am not saying that you have the same condition it could also be Bipolar or a number of others. I recommend that you find an amazing therapist, one who you feel comfortable talking to and set up an appointment answer his question in honesty so that you can see what your condition is and  with time you will learn how to control your problems and soon enough it's like there is nothing wrong. Please take care of yourself. TRUST ME LIFE WILL GET BETTER.

Answer 4

You're definitely depressed as you suspected. Is there something that happened in your life that might have triggered this? If so, it may eventually diminish and go away. It's good that you have at least one good friend to be with, that helps a lot. Confide in your friend.

Answer 5

Yeah.  That or you have one of those psychological diseases where you'll do anything for attention.  Either way you should see a psychologist so he can pump you full of artificial happy.

Answer 6

Yes you sound very depressed and I urge you to seek help. With some counselling and probably meds you will better in no time! I have genetic depression (thanks parents - lol), and I was given meds and I feel so much better. I can now look at things with reason now and not feel so overwhelmed.  

Answer 7

Yah ur depressed but don't tell anybody about the serious stuff otherwise they'll lock you up in a hospital like they did to me.  Knowning you have depression is hard because it comes on so gradually you don't even notice, but if your contemplating suicide, ur probably depressed

Answer 8

it sounds like you are you need to go and get evaluaited by a doc.  if your wanting to harm your self  then you need to go asap

Answer 9

wow you sound like me a few years ago. I would go see a therapist and psychiatrist. You sound severly depressed

Answer 10

Probably. You sound like me when I was depressed. It's horrible I know but life really is worth it once you get through it. You will care again and you will want to be alive again it might just take some time. Try and see a therapist and maybe start taking medication there is absolutely nothing wrong with either.  

Answer 11

ya cuz you sound jus like me

Answer 12

yeah you are depressed get some help please.  

Answer 13

Obviously you are not happy with your life and you probably do not even know why. Instead of death, try to concentrate on how to make your life more interesting. Search for things that you would like to do. Try to make new friends. Good friends make life worth living.

Answer 14

A lot of people do not know if they have depression. Depression has become one of the major psychology problems in the developing countries. Depression can develop when we are living in a stress environment. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not realise that they have depression. Today, I would like to share with you the symptoms of depression.

“The movie is really not nice.” “The food is tasteless”. “It is not interesting at all, I would rather stay at home.” If the statement is familiar to you, you could be attacked by depression. A depressed person mood is usually dejected, gloomy and joyless. They feel the world is boring and meaningless. The world is colourless and the only colour in their mind is black and white.

Some of the depressed patients complaint they have low self-esteem and deep feelings of inadequacy. They have low confident level on themselves and towards other people. Am I good enough? Other people don’t like me! I’m not being welcome. These statements are common statements appear in their mind due to their low confident level.

When you realise that you frequently worries and frets, you might be attacked by depression. I have a lady patient who can go back home to check if she has turned of the tap, switched off the electricity, locked the door, closed the window for several times before they went out from their house. At first, she thought she was being forgetful but in reality, this was the initial symptoms to develop depression. Hence, early detection could prevent formation of depression.

Some participating in yahoo answer session, I realised that a lot of people had symptoms of self-derogatory during depression. They felt relief after hurting themselves. They were not sure the reasons they were doing so. If this problem is not rectified immediately, depression is developed and this would lead to suicidal case. Self-derogatory is a serious symptom that needs immediate attention.

A depressed patient engages in critical and judgmental attitude towards both self and others. They are not satisfied with the people next to them. No matter what they did, how well they try, the depressed patient always feels they are not right. My mother was undergone depression after my dad past away. When we bought her new mattress, she kept complaining the previous was soft and the new mattress was too hard and she couldn’t sleep at night. We brought her out for lunch, no matter which restaurant we went she felt the food was not delicious. The judgemental attitude would not be realised by them but people next to them would suffer from this personality.

Some of the depressed patient would be highly pessimistic and complaintive. During working with the depressed patients, I found that their world is full of sadness. They felt that the world was hopeless. They always labelled themselves with “bad luck”, “no hope” and other pessimistic words. Some of the aggressive patient would start to complaint. One of my friends received a letter from the patients with the statement, “You consultancy is not professional enough”. In fact, the patient did not even know the term professionalism in medical practices!

Experiences a great deal of guilt and regret is the last general symptoms of depression. Most of the suicidal cases are generally related to this feeling. These patients feel that nothing much they can do and the suicidal would be their last choice. When this idea becomes a core believe, they tend to suicide. When we realise this element appears among our friends, we have to remind them it is a symptom of depression.

As a psychI otherapist, long term goals are set to brighten downcast mode, improve self-esteem and feeling of self-worth, decrease ruminative worry, enhance optimism, reduce feelings of guilt and remorse, reduce griping and complaining, facilitate positive interpersonal relationships and finally expand active problem solving, thereby decrease passive resignation.

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